The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-11-17

Parsons convulsiva Seven ninutes Fischer.
half-minute, 81: Parsons pulse no LONGER per-
oeptlble: Enee!, not stated. Seven and one-hsf
, cept1ble In the others
Seven minutes and FORTY five seconds after
the condemned dropped Fischer's pulse was
declared to have ceased The hands were
visible and could be seen to have turned ex-
! tremely purpla Those Of Engel aud Fischer
were darker In shade than the hands of Spies
and Parsons Upon the expiration OF eleven
and half minutes after the drop fell. Dr.
Meyer announced that Fischer's pulse had re-
sumed its action at the rate of 60 per minute
The other physicians felt for the pulse. but
none of them could discover any, and stated
what appeared to DR.. Meyer pulsation was
simply the convulsive motions of tensions
COULDN'T ENDURE THE SIGHT
Many of the spectators turned their heads
at the fatal instant, but experienced eyes
saw that the body of Spies struggled fear
fully at first Fisher did not move for mo-
ment or two, and then he hung limp, but
struggled for few moments, during which
his cowl was dlsarranged. exposing part of
his face until the body was turned around by
the physician who was examining the pulse
Engle's body made scarcely mo-
| ton after it had fallen When Parsons
body fell it remained stationary
for some momenta Then the head nodded
back and forth while the upper portion of
| the body was convulsed, the bosom heaved
I SO hard that it seemed az if it would burst
through the shroud. With another violent
throw of the whole body the contest between
life and death ended. AS soon as the doctors
had declared the four men to be dead, those
who had witnessed the execution began to
depart in a most orderly manner in great
contrast to previous occasions of a similar
character: 1t was wonderful to
note how quickly the excitement
which had filled the jail all the
morning Gained down. The 200 prisoners
confined in the place who had been in fever
all during the tragic event of the day, re-.
gained their usual Spirits. They crack
jokes from cell to cell, and as they had had
nothing to eat since breakfast they soon be-
gan to yell for soup The spectators who
had witnessed the hanging walked rapidly
out OF the Enclosure, and the weary deputies
went to dinner. the only ones left in the
jail office being the press representatives
WITHOUT DISTURBANCE
Curious police officials walked into the iail
to learn how the execution had been pro-
ceeded with, and were in turn questioned
as to how the citizens outside had acted.
There was absolutely no trouble" one and
all replied The sentences of the courts
were carried out in the presence Of less than
a tenth Of the crowds present at hang
ings in Chicago, and this. too, in
the face Of to-day's proceedings which
were of world wide interest Great credit
sh,uld be given to Sheriff Mattson for
arranging and conducting the proceedins in
so orderly and so gentle a manner: Many
people displayed autographs Of the dead
Fischer, which he had written during the
morning: It was estimated that he had
/ made fifty of them in ALL They all read
alike and were couched in the following
words:
Anarchy is liberty.
Cook county Jail. Nov. 1887"
THE FORMAL RECORD.
I, Canute r. Matson, sheriff OF Cook county,
H., do hereby certify that on the 18th day Of
o'clock in the forenoon and o'clock in the
afternoon Of tnat day, at 1:57 o'clock in the
63 S% Of said day. ao the ens }
Fi*chcr, George Engel and Albert r.
Parsons, in conformity with the sentence Of the
! suance Of the order and Judgment of the
preme court of Illinois, for the Northern grand
div; sion. and entered Of record on the l4th day
statutes of the State of Illinois in such cases
! made and provided. CANUTE f. WATSON
/ We, the undersigned, who are not relatives Of
! the above named August Spies or others. h>reby
! cert fv that we have witnessed the execution By
| hanging OF the said August Spies, and Others
| and in the above certificate set forth.
F.! The signatures of twelve Chicago citizens
| are appended to the solemn declaration
F., above, and with them form the essential
public record of the death Of the haymarkec
murdererR
| TALK WITH THE SHERIFF.
Sheriff Matson sat in his private Office this
evening very pale, and the dark rings be-
meath the eyes showed that he was worn out
with thinking, worry, excitement and hard